Power factor monitoring and control system
CA 1162238 A · Owner: Westinghouse Electric Corporation · Inventors: Carter, Woodward C. Ii
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47,972, ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE, In a power utilization system having loads drawing energy from a utility company, as part of computerized power demand control system, the power factor is automatically controlled by the computer. Typically compensation capacitors are automatically switched IN or OUT in a selected sequence in accordance with the instantaneously measured lagging KVAR. The power factor is also calculated from the measured KVAR and KW and displayed.
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- Granted February 14, 1984. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 14, 2001.
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